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Assessment of an electronic patient record system on discharge prescribing errors in a Tertiary University Hospital
Kennedy, Cormac; Hennessy, Martina (2021)Background: Prescribing error represent a significant source of preventable harm to patients. Prescribing errors at discharge, including omission of pre-admission medications (PAM), are particularly harmful as they frequently ... -
Challenging times: Delivering gene therapies and an opportunity for shared learning
Kennedy, Cormac; Hennessy, Martina (2021)As we embrace the era of precision medicine, gene therapies are the vanguard in the fight to cure rare diseases. While rare diseases are just that, rare, it is suggested that patients with rare diseases worldwide outnumber ... -
Clinical characteristics of two groups commonly referred to an Irish hypertension service—patients with resistant hypertension and young adults with hypertension
Kennedy, Cormac; Hennessy, Martina (2022)Background: The management of hypertension is primarily performed in primary care settings in many health systems. However, two groups of patients often require specialist input: patients with resistant hypertension (RH) ... -
The Effect of Semaglutide on Blood Pressure in Patients without Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Kennedy, Cormac; Hennessy, Martina (MDPI AG, 2023)(1) Background: Recent advances in the pharmacological treatment of obesity with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) highlight the potential to target excess body weight to improve blood pressure (BP). ... -
Is it time to reconsider the treatment paradigm for obese patients with hypertension?
Kennedy, Cormac; Hennessy, Martina (2022)The recent STEP trials reported blood pressure reductions for obese patients treated with semaglutide. We analyzed a cohort of patients attending our hypertension clinic and found that 26% were severely or morbidly obese ... -
More Teaching Not More Exams: Interns Views in Improving Prescribing Safety
Hennessy, Martina; Kennedy, Cormac (2019) -
Referrals to, and characteristics of patients attending a specialist hypertension clinic
Kennedy, Cormac; Hennessy, Martina (2022)The management of hypertension is suboptimal in Ireland and internationally. The role of a specialist hypertension clinic is not always defined but an analysis of the reasons for referral are likely informative. Also, a ...